How do I add a link into an xml tag using php

Question

I have an xml file that I can pull using php and display the results. I need to pick up one of the xml tags and add a link inside it so I can parse the value in the tag as a php variable. eg

<name>Llandaff</name>
<firmid>70330</firmid>
<branchid>2</branchid>

I want to add a link so the new xml file would be:

<name>Llandaff</name>
<firmid><a href="index.php?firmID=70330"></a></firmid>
<branchid>2</branchid>

Answer 1

Wrap it into <![CDATA[]]> :

<firmid><![CDATA[<a href="index.php?firmID=70330"></a>]]></firmid>

To do this with simplexml , see accepted answer in this post: How to write CDATA using SimpleXmlElement?